The mixture of adjusting tastes and a lower in inspiration, or any variety of different components, can usually outcome within the decline of a musician’s profession.
Many by no means recuperate. But the dozen artists within the following checklist have all defied the odds and gone on to have productive second acts – and typically extra.
With a few exceptions, we differentiate between a reunion (when a band will get again collectively, often with as many classic-lineup members as potential) and an actual comeback (when an artist returns to the limelight, due to a creatively fallow interval or a self-imposed hiatus). So bands like Van Halen or Kiss, who’ve retained excessive ranges of recognition by way of a number of lineup modifications, are nowhere to be discovered right here.
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Some of those artists might observe a predictable sample, however just a few stand out for distinct causes.
Bob Dylan, for instance, is the undisputed King of the Comeback, having been counted out on a minimum of 5 events, solely to reemerge as sturdy as ever. Johnny Cash has additionally notched just a few. In one case, a change in frontman not solely resulted in a rebirth for his band, but in addition for the singer when he embarked (on the moon) on a solo profession.
We additionally discovered three artists who died shortly after they returned into the highlight. Check all of them out under.
13 Awesome Rock Comebacks
They defied the percentages and went on to have productive second acts – and typically extra.
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